To determine which children who had sustained head injuries would not benefit from CT scans, Kuppermann and colleagues3 conducted a prospective cohort study of more than 42,000 children from 25 North American emergency departments (EDs). More »
HOLLYWOOD, FLA.—Two speakers at the 2009 Palm Beach Cancer Symposium agreed that surgery will always play a role in the treatment of squamous-cell head and neck cancers. The question at issue: Is surgery losing ground to chemoradiotherapy as the primary treatment for head and neck cancer? More »
A 35-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with 2 black eyes, facial swelling, and other injuries (Figure 1). She said that she had been in an all-terrain vehicle accident the day before, in which she hit her face on the handlebar. She said she had lost consciousness for an... More »
A wider femoral neck and more medial centroid position of bone mineral in the femoral neck are associated with an increased risk of prevalent, incident, and progressive radiographic hip osteoarthritis (RHOA). These differences are detectable early in the natural history of hip OA. More »
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network has announced the first of two trials on clinical protocols for the use of coronary CTA in patients presenting to the emergency room with acute chest pain. More »
CT and MRI have a vital part to play in cases of head and neck trauma, but it is important to know which modality to use under the clinical circumstances, according to speakers at Friday’s opening session of the minicourse on major trauma. More »
CT and MRI have a vital part to play in cases of head and neck trauma, but it is important to know which modality to use under the clinical circumstances, according to speakers at Friday’s opening session of the minicourse on major trauma. More »
A 22-year-old man seeks medical attention at his college’s infirmary. He had been in excellent health until 1 week earlier, when he noted onset of fever, headache, and malaise. More »
A Taiwanese study suggests multislice CT chest studies should be routinely performed, especially during follow-up exams, for some head and neck cancer patients. More »
